1921 begins the combination of "Pathfinder" magazine and "Arizona" magazine, and new editor and associate editors. This year includes Vol 11 No. 8-12, January-June 1921, and Vol 12 No. 1-3, August-October 1921. There is no issue for November or...

"Arizona - The name is significant. Its derivation is uncertain; all that is known of it is that in the latter part of the seventeenth century it was given to a range of mountains across the border in Northern Sonora, in what was then known as...

"Arizona - The name is significant. Its derivation is uncertain; all that is known of it is that in the latter part of the seventeenth century it was given to a range of mountains across the border in Northern Sonora, in what was then known as...

History of Arizona in the pre-territorial days, roughly through 1864, including the first Territorial Legislature and the history and conditions of Arizona from "all authentic data obtainable" (the Author). Also the early Territory and "indian...

Volume One of James McClintock's three volume history of Arizona. Volumes one and two are paged continuously, volume three contains biographical sketches. From the Preface: “The task of writing this History of Arizona was undertaken with a degree...

In the July issue, the magazine gained a new Director and a new motto, "Arizona: the Land of Tomorrow." Additionally, the format changed to focus on Arizona's resources and add more fiction stories. Arizona the State Magazine Vol 13 No. 3-9,...

113 pages (PDF version). File size: 2202 KB. Each year numerous bridge deck joints must be replaced and/or repaired in the Arizona State Highway System. Although considerable research has been conducted in this area, most of the work deals with...

Francisco A. Escobar Sr. was born in 1931 and raised in Douglas, Arizona. His parents were originally from Sonora, Mexico. Mr. Escobar served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War as a radio operator in a B-29 bomber and later an EMC...

Manuel “Manny” Ruiz was born in 1933 to Manuel and Frances (Bertolio) Ruiz and grew up in Superior, Arizona. He played sports in high school and at the Arizona State College in Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University). After graduating with a...

Helen Vance was born in Mexico City in 1930. She talks about living and attending school in Mexico, where her father was a coffee buyer. Mrs. Vance and her husband, Reed Vance, moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona in 1959. Mr. Vance worked for the Sierra...

Mildred "Millie" Carrie Zúñiga was born in 1920 in Ohio on her family's farm. She talks about her family history, life during the Great Depression, and her struggles to get an education. She moved to Lansing, Michigan to find work before moving to...

Doug Thamert is a longtime resident of Patagonia and owner of the local pool hall. For years, Mr. Thamert worked for Anne Stradling, as a blacksmith, in the Museum of the Horse in Patagonia. In this interview, he talks about the circumstances...

Sister Michael Wilson is a Dominican nun who moved to Arizona in 1972 to teach. In this interview, Wilson shares how spending her childhood and beginning her career as a teacher in Michigan helped prepare her for working in the West. Wilson...